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单词 greenlander
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Greenlandern.

Brit. /ˈɡriːnləndə/, U.S. /ˈɡrinləndər/
Forms: 1600s–1700s Groenlander, 1600s– Greenlander.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element; modelled on a Danish lexical item. Etymons: proper name Greenland , -er suffix1.
Etymology: < the name of Greenland (see Greenland n.) + -er suffix1, after Danish Grønlænder (especially denoting indigenous inhabitants of Greenland; compare also Grønlændsfarer denoting a settler or a ship undertaking voyages to Greenland), Norwegian Grønlending, (Bokmål) Grønlender. Compare also Icelandic Grænlendingur (Old Icelandic Grœnlendingr), Swedish Grönländer.
1. A native or inhabitant of Greenland. See Greenland n.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Greenland > [noun]
Greenlander1650
Greenlandman1673
1650 Eighth Liberal Sci. sig. A3v The Swethians, Norwayians, Finlander, Loplander, Greenlander,..all bred in cold climats, love to warm themselves within, and..will drink themselves..out of their sences.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors iii. 71 The Groenlanders speak fast, and from the throat, somewhat like the Tartars.
1767 tr. D. Cranz Hist. Greenland I. iv. ii. xxxii. 309 The Greenlanders did not like to see this great accession of foreigners.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 217 It is common with them [sc. Greenlanders], when they see a quiet..stranger, to say that he is almost as well bred as a Greenlander.
1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 504 The Greenlanders believed in the existence of spirits, good and evil.
1880 Standard 20 May 3 Of the ‘floe-rat’ the Greenlanders kill every year about fifty-one thousand.
1933 A. M. Lindbergh Let. 24 July in Locked Rooms & Open Doors (1974) 63 The next evening we go over in the boat to see an Eskimo dance. A small crowded hall full of Greenlanders and smelling of mukluks.
1958 Geogr. Jrnl. 124 70 On the quay a group of Greenlanders and Danes welcomed the ship.
1999 P. C. Lent Muskoxen & their Hunters v. 145 Rasmussen, whose mother was a Greenlander, had in effect assumed authority for matters in northwest Greenland.
2. A kind of small sailing ship used for fishing, and formerly also in warfare.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > other types of vessel > [noun]
farcost1284
lumbar13..
trowc1330
linec1400
rampinc1500
skey1507
lique1523
sakre1546
salve1588
magara1592
bonaventure1592
centaur1622
Greenlander1692
jackass1826
1692 London Gaz. No. 2815/4 In her way home [she] took a French Greenlander, of 22 Guns, and 42 Men.
1774 E. Long Hist. Jamaica I. i. xi. 241 The admiral, having fallen in with a French Greenlander near the Land's End, made prize of her.
1799 Times 15 July 3/2 Some of the Liverpool Greenlanders have been uncommonly fortunate this season. The Lion, Spadding, has returned with 12 fish and 365 seals.
1836 G. Head Home Tour 198 A manœuvre, such as the one described, was now about to be put in practice on the Greenlander, which at the moment I arrived at the Old Dock Bridge, had cleared the gates communicating with the river Hull.
1920 Mariner's Mirror 6 87 The Syren, a London Greenlander was lost with all hands near the Wick of Hagdale, island of Unst.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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